The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin • 15

Journal Times Racine, Thursday, Wis. June 22, 1978 1 local- Petitions filed on marina bond By Robert J. Herman Journal Times Staff Petitions seeking a referendum on an industrial revenue bond issue for a Root River marina were filed Wednesday afternoon with the city clerk. Needed to put the question on the ballot are 2,244 signatures of registered voters in the City of Racine. The number is 5 percent of the city's registered voter total.

Turned in were 148 sheets with signatures of 3,200 to 300 persons, said Diane Lange, the 4th District alderman who led the petition drive. Personnel in the City Clerk's Office began Wednesday to check each name against the registration lists. The checking will take several days to two weeks, said Pre-release tour offered area residents By Patrick Reilly Journal Times Staff A study committee, of the Racine County Planning Council hopes that for residents in the vicinity of the High Ridge Care Center seeing is believing. The opportunity was offered in response to a request by Mrs. Ruth King, who lives across the street from land being for a considered for a prisoner pre-release center.

stop Interested High Ridge area residents will be given a tour of northbound on the start a Milwaukee pre-release center similar to the High Ridge mile west area pre-release center proposed in a report to the county by a special study committee. The suggestion for a tour came Wednesday night during the crash also first of two public information hearings to discuss a proposal passento lease High Ridge Center land to the state for construction 16, of of a prisoner pre-release center. were reat St. Responding to questions from residents concerning the devaluation of residential property due to the presence of such a said they pre-release center, Dick Larson, southeast region chief of the the Bureau of Community Corrections, said there has been no deto in- valuation of property surrounding the Milwaukee metro preSchreiber release center nor danger to the residents in the area. Members of the County Board's Law Enforcement Committee assured those at the hearing that the pre-release center is said worked only a proposal which won't be acted on by the County Board at Racine until public hearings are completed.

a MilKing said she appreciated the hearings are providing baseball information to residents but that she wasn't convinced and Brannum wanted a tour of the Milwaukee center and a chance to talk to area residents to see how they feel about the center there. children. A sign-up sheet for the tour is available with the Planning Council and will be at the next informational hearing June 29 8 traffic in the theater of J. I. Case High School, County Board memRacine ber, Ruth Gedwardt said.

number as She added that the tour will be similar to the tour given members of the study committee when they were toll for formulating their report to the county, but she couldn't promise that those accidents on the tour would be able to meet with residents in the metro Washburn Wiscon- area. 400 Transportation for the tour will be provided but it has not a year been determined who will pay transportation costs, Helen Underwood of the Planning Council, said. name was their report, the study committee recommended a facilinotification killed ty with a capacity of 35 men, all volunteers, who with no more than six months to serve before release intend to return car left a County to the Racine County Community. The report said the High Ridge land was chosen because it struck was far enough from heavily residential areas but close to inauthorities dustries which might provide employment to prisoners. The Bar- report also said the land proposed is zoned industrial and adrural acci- jacent to a bus line.

Inmates in the center would be entered into either work reas a said lease or study release programs as part of the transition prowas killed gram. was drivResponding to a question about what possible outdoor facilities the High Ridge area offers, John Casanova, chairman of east of overturned, the study committee, said, the fact that the proposed land ofit. fers open space was decisive in the committee's recommendation of the High Ridge area. Lt. Robert Rohner, representing the Sheriff's Department, questioned what precautions would be taken at the pre-release center since inmates at a local work farm had been known to deal in drugs and handguns.

Larson said the new pre-release center would have tighter restrictions, such as shakedowns when prisoners returned from work, and windows that are as strong as bars. Larsen reminded residents at the meeting that whenever a prisoner returns, late from work at any pre-release center or violates some part of the penial code, he is sent back to his parent institution. After most of the residents present registered negative reactions to the building of the pre-release center, Curcuit Judge John Ahlgrimm, speaking from the audience, said the rationale behind a pre-release center is to provide an alternative to giving an inmate $50 and releasing him from prison without a transition period. He said people must first understand the need for a pre-release center. "Everyone wants something done but nobody wants it done next to them." Ahlgrimm said.

Deputy City Clerk Walter Brown. Racine wrecking contractor Sam Azarian, who has negotiated for purchase of Western Publishing Co. land along the Root River, is proposing development of the marina. The $700,000 industrial revenue bond issue would make interest on the privately-purchased bonds exempt from federal income taxes, lowering the interest rate which is paid. If approved, it would be the City of Racine's 10th industrial revenue bond issue.

The first was in 1975, and the nine issues so far total $21,355,000. The petitions ask for a referendum in the general election on the question: "Should the City of Racine issue 000 in tax industrial revenue bonds to finance a marina for Sam Azarian has complained that many people believe he would be getting money from the city. The bonds would be bought privately, he said, and the only benefit is the lower interest rate because of the federal tax exemption. Lange said she objects to the financing, not the marina. Industrial revenue bonding is intended to create jobs, she said, but the marina project will be a drain on the federal treasury without creating many jobs.

Journal Times Photo by Charles S. A passenger in the car at right died and three other people were injured in a crash near Husher. Crash kills one, injures three A Caledonia woman was killed and her husband seriously injured in a two-car crash near Husher while they were returning from a baseball game in Milwaukee Wednesday. fore 10:30 p.m. Center.

parently failed to Stella D. Richardson, 44, of Gilbert D. Richardson, 47, Caledonia Police said the stop sign while 3512 Buckley Road, died of of the same address, is listed Richardson car, driven by which meets 38 at head and internal injuries suf- in critical condition with mul- Gilbert, was southbound on 38 of a sharp curve a fered in the crash on Highway tiple fractures and other inju- when a car driven by Edward of Husher. 38 at Highway shortly be- ries in St. Mary's Medical Lorge, 17, of Oak Creek, ap- The near head-on Juvenile case appeal filed By Geeta Sharma-Jensen Journal Times Staff Attorneys for two juveniles charged with murder and armed robbery here have asked the state Supreme Court to prevent Racine judges from opening juvenile hearings to the media.

Attorneys Theodore Harris and Thomas Tofte Wednesday appealed a decision by Circuit Court Judge John Ahlgrimm, who upheld Juvenile Court Judge Dennis Flynn's action in allowing Journal Times reporter Chris Boultinghouse to attend detention hearings for the juveniles. The juveniles, 16 and 17 years old, are accused in the June 5 knifing service station owner Floyd Jensen. Harris represents the 16-year-old runaway charged with murder and armed robbery. Tofte's client is accused of being a party to the murder and armed robbery. Waiver hearings scheduled for the youths were suspended when attorneys moved to keep the hearings closed to the media.

But Ahlgrimm ruled last Friday that state law says a judge can allow those who have an interest in the work of the court to attend juvenile proceedings. Ahlgrimm, noting the law does not define who a direct interest in the court's work, said Flynn acted properly in allowing the reporter in. However, Flynn still cannot hold waiver hearings because of Wednesday' sappeal to the Supreme Court. Both attorneys for the juveniles also are asking Supreme Court justices to hear the case promptly and not refer it to the newly created appellate court. asking the Supreme Court to take the case right away.

because our kids are sitting in jail while we appeal," Harris said. "We don't think that's a very good situation for our clients. Refering it to the appellate' court will take too long and our kids will be sitting in jail." Harris said if that happens, they will ask the Supreme Court to order Flynn to find an alternative means of detention for the juveniles rather than the adult jail where they are now. Gypsy king dies James Steve, a 48-year-old wandering Gypsy king, died today while in a coma. Steve had been hospitalized at St.

Luke's Hospital in a coma since suffering a stroke nearly six wees ago. While at St. Luke's approximately 35 of his 100-member tribe took turns going in and out of his room watching and waiting for a change in Steve's condition. Steve had suffered the stroke while in Chicago dealing with a problem between an arranged Gypsy marriage as part of his duty as king. He was hospitalized at Holy Cross Hospital then transferred to St.

Luke's. When transferred to Luke's he was in critical condition, but then was reported in fair condition as early as a week ago. Steve's oldest of 17 children, Frank Steve, said his father had been living in Racine with two of his sons at 1534 Park for "about two before suffering his stroke. Colleges- Northwestern University: Terri P. Sorenson Gildin, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Herb Sorenson, 3451 4th received a masters in learning disabilities. University of Delaware: Peggy L. Maki Horodowich, 101 Westminster Square, doctorate in English. According to the Supreme Court clerk, the appellate court will not be in operation until Aug.1 although they have authority to hear cases from July 1 on.

It's up to the Supreme Court justices to decide whether they want to hear this case, the clerk said. Meanwhile, Deputy Corporation Counsel John Bjelajac said today he will begin preparing arguments soon. "We're researching it hot and heavy right now," he said. Bjelajac represents Judge Flynn. In addition to interpretations of juvenile law, arguments in the case are expected to center around the broader issues of constitutional guarantees of free press and fair trial.

Ahlgrimm last week allowed Lee Enterprises, parent company of the Journal Times, to become a party in the case. And Charlie Constantine, attorney for the Journal Times and Lee, already has raised the issues of free press and prior restraint of the press. "It's time we had a ruling on exactly what the juvenile law says," Harris said. "It's time we had an answer to whether the law says juvenile proceedings must be closed to the press." Harris and Tofte say the law bars the general public from attending juvenile proceedings. And since, the media represents the general public, they contend, it should also be Deaths- 2 GEISLER, Mrs.

Marjorie June 21, 1545 Shoreland Drive, June Wilson 21, St. Luke's Hospital, Hanson Funeral Home. injured Lorge and his ger, Craig Schreiber, Oak Creek. They leased after treatment Luke's Hospital. Caledonia police were still investigating crash today and planned terview Lorge and this afternoon.

Coroner John Esayian Mrs. Richardson Brannum Lumber in and they had attended waukee Brewers game with other employees. The couple had no It was the 15th 1978 fatality recorded in County, the same by this date last year. It brought to 370 the the state with fatal also reported in and Iowa counties. sin's death toll was ago.

A man whose withheld pending of relatives WAS Wednesday when a road in the Washburn village of Bashaw and a tree. Iowa County said the death of a neveld youth in a tractor dent was being classified traffic fatality. They MORGENROTH, Herman M. JESSEN, Mrs. Marjorie, 55 Wayne Gagner, 12, 2533 Wisconsin Sturte- when the tractor he 1208 8 Wolff June 21, at vant, June 21, St.

Mary's ing left a town road his residence. Hanson Fu- Medical Center. Draeger Barneveld and neral Home. Funeral Home. pinning him underneath HOOPLE, Shianna, 2 1648 Kearney at her residence.

Funeral Home. There were hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and pop on hand for 267 handlcapped children and members of their families Wednesday at the annual picnic sponsored by the Racine Shrine Club. Smokey the clown, from the Tripoli clown unit of Milwaukee, and Maricela Gutierrez, daughter of Mrs. Marion 1230 -Police INJURED Three youths in a head-on crash of two motorcycles on a Wisconsin Electric right-ofway behind the -Mart store at 1750 Ohio St. Wednesday.

Donald Madisen, 17, 1636 Flett is listed in guarded condition in St. Mary's Medical Center, where Mark Roushia, 15, 4216 15th is listed in stable condition. Brett Christopherson, 15, 1735 Oregon was released after treatment at St. Mary's. Police said cycles driven by Madisen and Roushia collided at the crest of a hill shortly before 3 p.m.

Christopherson was a passenger on Roushia's bike. barred. Laurence Larsen, 25, 1941 Kearney listed in satisfactory condition in St. Luke's Hospital with a cut to his arm suffered in a construction accident in the 500 block of Wisconsin Avenue Wednesday. ARRESTED Alan Gursky, 20, 2210 Illi- nois Wednesday on a felony charge of leaving the scene of a traffic accident involving serious injury, driving after license revocation, failing to stop for a stop sign and a speeding charge.

Police said Gursky was driving a car that collided with a car driven by Lucille Adams, 49, 1639 West. at Blaine and Blue River Avenues Tuesday night. Adams is listed in satisfactory condition in St. Luke's Hospital. Halbur, 19, 1522 Prospect on five more burglary charges Wednesday.

Police said Halbur is accused of recent burglaries at five Racine businesses. He was earlier charged in connection with two house burglaries in Mount Pleasant and with an attempted robbery last week at Marc's Big Boy, 2100 Douglas Ave. State VFW members arrive in Racine The 57th annual convention of the De- Saturday afternoon to make way for the partment of Wisconsin Veterans of For- VFW's convention parade in Racine. eign Wars (VFW) got underway Wednes- The parade has a 1 p.m. lineup and a 2 day, with about 600 participants register- p.m.

start to move through Downtown to ing so far, according to Earl Wood, con- Main and 11th streets. vention general chairman. The main Downtown bus stop will be Community service awards and various shifted from Main Street to 6th Street and trophies were presented Wednesday, Wood College Avenue. Southbound buses will said, with regular business sessions begin- generally go on State Street to Wisconsin ning today. Avenue, then on 6th to College, and reAn additional 400 women representing sume regular routes: Northbound buses the 53rd annual convention of the Wiscon- will reach 6th and College, then go west on sin Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW have reg- 6th to Marquette to pick up regular routes.

at Memorial Hall, Wood said. During the parade, all istered detoured buses John Wasylik, National -commander-in- will stop at any bus stop. On streets where chief of the VFW, will hold a press confer- there are no bus stop signs, buses will stop ence Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Motor Inn. on demand if it seems safe to the driver, Wasylik also will be the featured speaker the Belle Urban System announced.

at the annual banquet Friday night. Information is also BUS transit will availabble through city buses be rerouted 637-9000. Games, hot dogs Yout try their luck at golf. Shriner Vin Pagliaro said four clowns helped out this year, stealing the show with their creation of animals and other objects from long balloons. Pagliaro said the Shriner's "ultimate goal" is to expand the event to all handicapped children in Racine County.

Journal Times Photo by Arthur P. Haas.